Thank you. I appreciate your taking the time to ferret out that
information.
Meanwhile I had a little inspiration of my own. In layout html I commented
out all the calls to response.files.append except for the one to my style
sheet.
Since my style sheet is really simple, it was easy to see what elements of
the DOM were being affected.
I'll have to remember that trick for the next time this comes up.
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:39:16 PM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>
> talking about standard welcome, there is some "white space" between the
> <header> and the <section> tag.
> A little bit is on the <section>, padding top on .main is 20px
> (web2py.css, line 42).
> The other thing to look is on the <header> . It has a margin-top of 60px
> to counteract the -60px of the body (it's there to keep the navbar inside
> the viewport). So, can't touch it.
> However, inside <header> there's <div class="page-header">. That has
> margins both on top and on bottom (20px and 30px). Overriding those leaves
> no additional "white space". Tune as you like.
>
> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:30:44 PM UTC+1, Cliff Kachinske wrote:
>>
>> Did that all morning. Couldn't find the right element to touch.
>>
>> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 3:11:41 PM UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>>>
>>> just inspect the header with something like firebug and see what of your
>>> css doesn't "override" the default style. Honestly, I couldn't live without
>>> tools like firebug....
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:26:05 PM UTC+1, Cliff Kachinske wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone tell me how to reduce the vertical white space at the bottom
>>>> of the <header> element that appears in layout.html when rendered? I
>>>> think
>>>> it's bottom padding, but I'm not sure.
>>>>
>>>> I've been tuning the style of some elements with custom style sheet
>>>> using @media screen, but I can't seem to find what controls the height for
>>>> the header.
>>>>
>>>> I've added this line to my layout.html after the default appends. I
>>>> think that means my css will override the preceding ones. Is that
>>>> correct?
>>>> {{response.files.append(URL('static','css/base_plus.css'))}}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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